Chocolate/Pumpkin Brownies

I am really into baking fall goodies right now. I found a recipe on http://www.recipegirl.com/ and tried it out. They are called Chocolate/Pumpkin Brownies and they are FABULOUS! I love going on this website. There are all sorts of fall yummies and I think I have printed out about 6 recipes and am trying to bake one of them a week.

Here is the recipe:

Pumpkin Batter

1 tbs unsalted butter, softened

3 oz cream cheese, softened ( I used fat free cream cheese and couldn't taste the difference)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1/3 cup canned pumpkin puree

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 tbs all-purpose flour

Chocolate Batter

5 1/2 oz semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped

1 3/4 unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces

4 large eggs

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter 13x9 inch baking dish

2. Prepare pumpkin batter: In a small bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter with cream cheese until smooth. Beat in sugar, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in egg, then add pumpkin puree, vanilla, cinnamon and ginger. Stir in flour.

3. Prepare chocolate batter: Combine semisweet chocolate and butter in a medium bowl. Set bowl over saucepan with 1-inch of simmering water and stir occasionally until melted. Remove from hear. In a separate bowl, combine eggs with sugar, vanilla and salt. Beat at low speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Using a large rubber spatula, fold in melted chocolate. Sift flour over the batter and fold it in just until combined.

4. Spread chocolate batter evenly in prepared pan. Using a tablespoon, drop dollops of the pumpkin batter all over the top. Using the back of a butter knife, swirl the pumpkin batter slightly into the chocolate.

5. Bake for 30 -4- minutes (start checking on Brownies at 30 minutes to see if they're done)

Hopefully if you try these you will enjoy them. I loved them and so did the hubby. I have more to try today. I'm excited.